Legal Opinion
Virgin Islands Housing & Urban Renewal Authority v. 19.0976 Acres of Land
District Court, Virgin Islands
Decided April 17, 1959No. Civil No. 110-1958PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMaris, Circuit Judge
The owners of the land involved in this condemnation proceeding and the Virgin Islands National Bank, a mortgagee, have petitioned the court for an award of counsel fees.
5 V.I.C. § 541(b) authorizes the court to allow attorney’s fees to the prevailing party in a civil action and 5 V.I.C. § 546 provides that “In all actions prosecuted or defended in the name and for the use of any public corporation in the Virgin Islands, the public corporation shall be liable for and may recover costs in like manner and with like effect as in the case of natural persons.” By the express terms of 29 V.I.C. §…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- New Haven & Northampton Co. v. Inhabitants of NorthamptonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1869
3Cited by7 opinions
- GOVERNMENT OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS v. 19.623 ACRES OF LAND, ETC., AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1979
- United States v. 341.45 Acres of LandDistrict Court, D. Minnesota · 1982
- Government of the Virgin Islands v. Approximately 3.4 Acres of Land Located at Parcels No. 4-2 & 4-3 Estate EnsomhedDistrict Court, Virgin Islands · 1975
- Government of the Virgin Islands v. 50.05 Acres of LandDistrict Court, Virgin Islands · 1961
- Beohm v. Pickel (In re Pickel)United States Bankruptcy Court, D. New Mexico · 2013
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